Healing
Angry Adolescents

Guide
for Counselors and Parents

Power
Quest is a
program consisting of animated PowerPoint slides to train teens in
anger control and resentment reduction. The program goes far beyond
anger management in getting teens in touch with their core value.
Depending on level of literacy, it is appropriate for semi mature
teens 12-16.

The
program invokes the innate value of children to regulate their aggressive
emotions by associating their Core Value with states of anger and
resentment. Repetition of the various Power
Quest levels builds a conditioned response
that occurs automatically when students start to get
angry or resentful. When they feel devalued, they automatically value
themselves more, reducing urges to avenge, punish, and withdraw.

Power
Quest
is a useful addition to any program to reduce violence.

The
program includes several “Smart Emotions” segments
to raise emotional intelligence, an important variable in school,
work, and relationship success. It empowers children to be stewards
of their own interest and value creation, which they can then “invest”
for their best interest.

School
counselors, social workers, psychologists, therapists, or parents
should go over the following pages with the students for about two
or three sessions to ensure that they do the required number
of repetitions.

Session
One

Core
Value

1.
Does the idea of Core Value make sense to you?

Yes___
Some___ No___

2.
Core Value is feeling that you are as valuable as everyone
on earth and that you can respect the value of other people. Can you
feel your Core Value?

Yes___
Some___ No___

3.
How do you know that you have Core Value? (Check all that apply.)

a.
I would save a child in a desert ___

b.
I can love at least one other person ___

c.
I can see the good in people ___

4.
Draw two images of your Core Value.

#1.

#2

5.
Practice valuing everyone you see, on the street, in classrooms, in
the hallway, and at home. And see how great it makes you feel.

Session
Two

HEALS

How
many times per day do you do the HEALS exercise on the Power
Quest program?

12
10 5 Fewer

Do
you feel yourself getting stronger as you practice?

Yes
No

Check
all that apply:

___
HEALS takes me from anger and nervousness to my Core Value

___
HEALS is an exercise to keep me strong

___
HEALS is a way to prevent anger in the future.

Create
Value

You
and you alone create the value in your life. Where do you want to
invest it? What will give you the most return?